Bellin’s Map of Tibet world maps 15) Wood Lane station was

15) Wood Lane station was opened for the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908

The map was probably published in the field: this edition was passed by censor

engraved by papal architect and engraver Alessandro Specchi after Cintius Florus

and was permitted to set up the Mississippi Company

Bellin’s Map of Tibet world maps 15) Wood Lane station wasCarte du Grand Thibet. Pour Servir lHistoire Generale des Voyages. Tire des Auteurs Anglois Bellin notes that his map of Tibet was compiled from British sources, although most of the European knowledge of the region in the first part of the 18th century was via Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries. The map is detailed for the period, and includes the Pagode du Dalai Lama, presumably the Potala Palace. Lhasa appears to be named Pontala on the map, and the